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Why all the handwringing? Just use hplip when using a HP printer and all the hair-pulling will disappear in seconds.
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-----Original Message-----
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From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@×××××.com>
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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:48:57
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To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new system, printing suddenly fails for all
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printers
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Thank you Walt:
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On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:02 AM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
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> I've had both problems several times in the past, always caused by dumb |
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> things that, of course, should never happen but often do anyway. |
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Me too. Maybe so this time as well, at least I hope so.
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> First the sound. I still don't know why but often when rebooting with |
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> a different kernel (I do it often) the sound mixer will wind up with |
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> certain channels either muted or turned down all the way. Because these |
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> channels are not visible on my gnome volume control I have to use the |
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> alsamixer to find the problem and restore the proper settings until |
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> the next reboot. Dumb, but that's the way it is. |
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There is no PCM channel in alsamixer! Maybe I will try alsamixergui, where
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I saw switches once.
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> You should definitely *not* unload your kernel sound modules when shutting |
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> down -- it's silly and causes problems. Turn this 'feature' off in your |
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> /etc/conf.d/alsasound by setting UNLOAD_ON_STOP="no" and KILLPROC_ON_STOP= |
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Duly noted and exorcized.
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> Printing. Usually my printing problems come from having the wrong printing |
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> "device" set in the cups Modify Printer section (localhost:631 as you |
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> said). |
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> Usually the problem is that I didn't have the printer connected and turned |
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> on when setting the 'printer device' and therefore the proper choice didn't |
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> appear in the menu. Really dumb. |
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Two printers are connected, and turned on. One printer, the deskjet,
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started one job, a testpage, got to 17% and stayed there a good long while.
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> Anyway, start by going back through that printer setup menu system and try |
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> every choice until you find one that works -- and make sure the printer is |
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Thank you again. I earnestly hope they both iron out quickly. I'm starting
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to grow fond of this install.
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Alan Davis
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"...can the human soul be glimpsed through a microscope? Maybe, but you'd
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definitely need one of those very good ones with two eyepieces."
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-- Woody Allen, quoted by B. A. Palevitz |
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